Chapter 10

                                    

                                          
After I finished up my story, Ashton went home. I went upstairs and got ready for bed. I fell asleep quickly ignoring the little butterflies in my stomach.
                          
The next morning I woke up at 9 am. I got up quietly, seeing as Elija was still asleep, and walked over to the girls' room where I heard loads of giggling. I opened the door to see them drawing with some old pencils and talking to each other.
                          
"Good morning girls." I smiled. They both looked at me with a shocked expression before shielding their drawings from my view. I smirked at them, "Well now I have to see what's on there." I said, walking over to them. 
                          
"No! It's not finished yet. You can see it when it's done." Nala argued. "Can we hang it on the fridge when it's ready?" Nova asked innocently.
                          
"Sure sweetie. I'll go make you guys some breakfast." I said before leaving their room. I was about to open the fridge when I heard someone knocking on the door. I walked to the front door and opened it.
                          
Standing in front of me was a smiling Ashton. "Ash, what are you doing here? It's way too early." I said letting him in. "Well I thought I would come by and drop off some breakfast." he explained, holding up a bag. "You didn't have to do that. I'll pay you back, how much?" I asked as I took my wallet. "Nothing, it's on me." he stated simply.
                          
"No way. I can't let you pay for us." I said. "You can, and you will." Ashton said taking my hands in his and slowly putting the wallet down.
                          
I looked up to see him already looking at me. "Follow me." I said as I walked up the stairs. I walked over to the girls' room and opened the door. "Look who showed up." I said to the girls. They looked up from their drawings and smiled. "Ashton!" they both yelled before running up to him and burying him in a hug. "Hey angels." he said, picking them up. I shook my head and walked to the door.
                          
"I'm going to get Elija." I said before leaving the room. I walked into my room and saw Elija was just waking up. "Hey handsome. How are you? Wanna go see your sisters?" I asked lightly. Elija giggled which I took as a yes. I picked him up and walked back to the girls' room.
                          
When I walked in I saw the girls giggling and cuddling Ashton. "What can I say, I'm great with the lady's." he said playfully. I shook my head as he winked at me. I sat Elija down on the ground and gave him some toys to play with. "I'm going to get some plates to eat on." I said, leaving the room. 
                          
I walked down the stairs and opened the door to my mother's room. She was lying on her bed with her eyes closed, she looked so peaceful.
                          
I walked over to the kitchen and opened a cabinet for some plates. I was filling some glasses with milk when I felt some arms snake around my waist.
                          
I felt his warm breath on my neck, "Don't worry. You're still my princess." he said quietly. I was frozen, I didn't dare to move. He slowly turned me around, and when we were face to face I looked him in the eyes and swallowed.
                          
"We should get these upstairs." I said breaking the silence. He nodded keeping his eyes focused on mine. One of his hands left my hips and immediately felt a cold breeze on them. He plucked a grape from the bowl behind me and popped it in his mouth. He winked at me as he slowly backed away.
                          
I shook my head and turned around. "Stop it." I told myself as I hit myself on the head, but that didn't stop the blush forming on my cheeks. I took the glasses of milk and the bowl of grapes and went upstairs.
                          
I walked in and saw the girls had already placed everything on a table. When I put the grapes and milk down I turned around to the bed to see Ashton padding the seat next to him, smirking at me. I shook my head and sat next to him.
                          
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It was saturday, which meant no school. Ashton proposed to go to the park with the kids, who were very excited about this. 
                          
"I have to go to the store after this." I told Ashton. "I'll go with you." he said simply. "You don't have to, really. I understand if you'd rather not be seen with me and three kids. I wouldn't want to be either, well technically I-" Ashton brushed his fingers on my lips signaling me to stop talking.
                          
"Sorry, I was rambling." I said embarrassed. "Yeah, you really have to learn to shut up sometimes." he said grinning. I hit his shoulder, while laughing. "Assehole." I muttered. "Now, now. No cursing while the children are with us, darling." he said with a british accent. I blushed when he said that and hid my head behind my curls.
                          
"You're cute when you blush."
                          
My eyes widened realizing he saw me blushing. I tried to brush it off by talking to the girls. "What are you going to play with first?" I asked them. "The swings." they both said in a 'duuh' tone. "Okay, okay. Attitude much." I said chuckling.
                          
We arrived at the park and walked over to the swings. Nala and Nova each got on the regular swings while I put Elija in a baby swing. I carefully pushed Elija while Ashton switched between my sisters. "Looks like you already have your hands full." I laughed at Ashton. He threw me a playful glare while continuing to push the twins.
                          
When the kids ran off to the slide Nala dropped her bracelet without noticing. Ashton bent down to pick it up and I slapped his ass. "Nice ass, Carter." I said winking at him. I burst out in giggles as heat rushed to Ashton's face. "Aww, look who's blushing now." I said grinning at him.
                          
"But don't worry, you look cute as well." I added.
                          
He slowly walked over to me with a smirk on his face. I carefully backed away, "Oh, no, no, no. What are you doing?" He suddenly ran towards me, I screamed and ran away. I turned around thinking I'd lost him, turned out he was right behind me. He threw me over his shoulders as I hit his back.
                          
"Let me go!" I grunted. He started tickling my sides. "S-stop, no. D-don-don't d-do th-this." I stuttered. When he finally put me down I tried glaring at him angrily but he just burst out laughing. "It's not funny! This is called abuse of weaknesses!" I said as I crossed my arms. "Whatever  you say princess." he said as he hugged me, burying my head in his chest.
                          
"You two form such a lovely couple." I turned around to see an older woman smiling at us. "Oh, we're not-"
                          
"Thank you ma'am." Ashton interrupted me. The lady smiled at us before she walked on. I turned to Ashton, "A couple, really?" I asked him playfully. He smiled, shrugging his shoulders.
                          
I opened my mouth to say something else but he just walked away.
                          
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"Thank you for today. I really enjoyed it." I said quietly. "I'm glad you did." he answered. Ashton went to the store with us and helped me cook dinner. We had just put the girls to bed and he had to go home. We were quietly standing at my door getting lost in each other's eyes.
                          
I didn't even blink, too scared it would all be a dream. Ashton carefully got closer until our foreheads connected. Before I even knew what was happening I closed the gap between us. Ashton froze, surprised by my actions but a second later his lips were moving against mine.
                          
My head blocked out everything around me as my body melted against his. I felt my knees go weak but his hands had a firm grip on my waist which held me up. Unfortunately a human also needs to breathe, so we broke apart.
                          
I looked in his deep brown eyes. "That was..."
                          
"Yeah." he panted